ISLAMABAD – The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week ending on March 10, for the lowest income group up to Rs 3,000, has registered increase of 0.59 percent over the previous week. The SPI for the week under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 299.36 points compared to 297.61 points registered in the previous week, according provisional figures of Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS). The weekly SPI has been computed with base 2000 2001=100 covering 17 urban centers and 53 essential items for all income groups and combined. SPI for the combined group registered increase of 0.25 per cent as it went up from 284.88 points in the previous week to 285.59 points in the week under review.
